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From: Jens Schleusener <Jens.Schleusener@dlr.de>
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: zsh-3.1.5-pws-18 substitution bug ?
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Hi,

between versions zsh-3.1.5-pws-16 and zsh-3.1.5-pws-18 there was
introduced probably a bug (?) regarding substitutions like

  ${*:-word}

that no longer works if $* name is empty or undefined.

Greetings

Jens

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